Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources are being allocated to healthcare trusts in the East Midlands to support early detection of breast cancer.

I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided on 20 April in response to Question 126985, on 30 October in response to Question 36506, and on 16 July in response to Question 14603. On the issue of self-referral, women aged 71 years old and over remain entitled to request a breast screening appointment every three years, and we work continually to ensure that awareness of that entitlement is reinforced through National Health Service communications.